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Monday, October 23, 2017

Meet #Romance Author Lisa Chalmers for #BookHugs of If Tomorrow Never Comes

If Tomorrow Never Comes

How hard would you fight for
the one you love?

Josh Collins has the perfect life—a beautiful
girlfriend and a baby on the way, until an accident takes his life.

Avery Rhodes’ world imploded the moment she lost
Josh. Her life and future unravelled in an instant. Alone and pregnant, she
finds herself facing an unimaginable, turbulent and painful new reality.

With his newfound guide Gabriel, Josh is witness
to the unintended consequences of his death, until he can't take it anymore. He
has to fight for everything and everyone he loves.

Together, Josh and Avery are forced to learn
what happens IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES.

Excerpt:

Josh had the sketchbook Gabriel
had given him propped on his legs as he sketched absently as he sat on the
beach, the sun rising behind him, not concentrating on what he was doing, the
pencil moving quickly across the paper. His thoughts were where they always
tended to drift to lately, Avery and the baby. He’d been afraid to sneak down
and see her since the day he’d actually held her. It tore him up inside to be
away from her for so long, but he didn’t understand what that meant, that he
could suddenly touch her and she’d feel it. He didn’t want to scare her
somehow. He smudged one of the lines he’d drawn and studied his work. Her face
stared back at him. He darkened a few lines before he set the book beside him
on the warm sand and closed his eyes, thinking back.

He’d decided to go with her to
that very first doctor’s appointment, the one to confirm whether or not her
suspicions were correct. It was uncomfortable being the only male in the
doctor’s waiting room, being smiled at by every woman who walked in. He could
still see the surprise on the nurse’s face when she walked out and found him
there by himself for the first time. He’d tried to keep from squirming around
anxiously in the chair every time he heard a door open and close in the
distance. He wondered just how long it took to come back with test results
anyway. They’d called and said they were in, so it didn’t take all that long to
tell her yes or no, did it? He kept stretching his legs out ahead of him then
bringing them back, not wanting to trip anyone as they were called for their
appointment. He’d been there at least an hour waiting, jumping at every noise.
He’d been sure the nurse was about to give him something for his nerves when he
felt someone nudge his foot. He scooted his feet back, letting whoever it was
pass by on their way to their appointment.

“Good quiz in Cosmo?” Avery’s
voice came from behind the glossy pages.

He lifted his gaze in record
time. “Who cares?” He tossed the magazine on the empty chair beside him.

She read the cover. “Rating your
lover in twelve easy questions.”

“Avery?”

“What?” She’d been reaching for
the magazine.

“I want to know.”

“I haven’t taken the quiz yet.”
She giggled as he batted her hand away. “You’re absolutely crazy.”

He glanced around the almost
deserted waiting room before he pulled her down to sit on his lap. “I want to
know if we’re going to have a baby.” His arm wrapped around her waist, his
fingers sliding beneath the back of her shirt, rubbing the soft skin at the
small of her back. “I need to know.”

“You need to know, huh?”

His eyes locked on hers. “Come
on, Aves. Am I going to be a daddy?”

She took one of his hands and
moved it around, resting it on her abdomen. She bit her lip for a moment before
breaking out into the most beautiful smile he’d ever seen. “I think Daddy’s
crazy, don’t you, baby?”

Josh’s jaw dropped, his mind
going absolutely blank as he tried to comprehend her words. She was kidding,
she wasn’t kidding. She didn’t look like she was kidding. That smile on her
face, the way her eyes were shining as she waited for his reaction. “Oh my…oh
my God…”

“So I guess I was right.”

“Let’s take you home,” he said
suddenly, his hand tightening over hers.

“Why?”

He leaned in close to her.
“Because I want to talk to the baby and then I want to make love to his beautiful
mommy.” He stared into her eyes. “All right with you?”

Lisa Chalmers writes wherever her muse
takes her - which is usually somewhere warmer - Florida, Los Angeles or Las
Vegas. She has a deep love for the paranormal. IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES is her
first release.